[dan.25]

Westbars Spireite, on 30 September 2014 - 08:17 PM, said:

How does Sheffield comes under Peak FM's license? Doesn't your, and every other station, have a very specific area you could draw on a map? Where's the line?

We do have a specific area, and Sheffield does come under it. Just. We prioritise Chesterfield, Alfreton and Matlock, and rightly so.

[Westbars Spireite]

dan.25, on 30 September 2014 - 08:21 PM, said:

We do have a specific area, and Sheffield does come under it. Just. We prioritise Chesterfield, Alfreton and Matlock, and rightly so.

Agreed. Though why there's that geographic anomaly I'm unsure.

[azul]

Westbars Spireite, on 30 September 2014 - 08:17 PM, said:

How does Sheffield comes under Peak FM's license? Doesn't your, and every other station, have a very specific area you could draw on a map? Where's the line?

Do radio waves obey geographical boundaries?

I was at the Fox House Inn last week and they had Peak FM on in the bar loud and clear.

However, I am amazed that South Yorkshire is in Peak's remit unless you count the western/southern fringe of Sheffield which was stolen from Derbyshire anyway

[azul]

Westbars Spireite, on 30 September 2014 - 08:24 PM, said:

Agreed. Though why there's that geographic anomaly I'm unsure.

Chesterfield is a geographical anomaly, that is why we have to put up with Yarkshire this Yarkshire that on the Beeb/ITV

[@tomhilton6]

Our patch has grown quite a bit over the past few years. South Sheffield has been in it since I was freelancing nearly 4 years ago.

Dan' s right tho in terms of priorities.

There is a small but a significant number of our listenership which is interested in how Derby and the Sheffield two get on. I.e owls n blades fans in Chesterfield and Derby fans in Bakewell n Matlock.

hopefully you all know from listening to us where our priorities lie.

and we don't play a lot of lighthouse family these days. It's Ella Henderson 5 times an hour

[Westbars Spireite]

That's a shame Tom. I'm sure 'Lifted' is better than anything she's done

[Paul Fisher]

Peak FM helping out Chesterfield based Wed or United supporters. Oops. Makes me want to vom.

Good coverage of Chesterfield FC though.

[Westbars Spireite]

azul, on 30 September 2014 - 08:38 PM, said:

Chesterfield is a geographical anomaly, that is why we have to put up with Yarkshire this Yarkshire that on the Beeb/ITV

Not really.

Worksop, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Grimsby etc etc all have to put up with the same. Believe it or not BBC TV's 'Yorkshire' area touches parts of North Norfolk. Work that out.

[azul]

Westbars Spireite, on 30 September 2014 - 08:59 PM, said:

Not really.

Worksop, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Grimsby etc etc all have to put up with the same. Believe it or not BBC TV's 'Yorkshire' area touches parts of North Norfolk. Work that out.

Even more anomalies, but surely those areas have more suitable radio coverage. TV may be another matter

Disgusting, it's time they positioned transmitters in the right areas

[Paul Fisher]

Exactly BBC Radio Derby should be our rightful BBC station rather than listening to the whiney nonsense from deedahland. Which fails to give Chesterfield it's full attention.

[Johnnyspireite7]

@tomhilton6, on 30 September 2014 - 08:52 PM, said:

Our patch has grown quite a bit over the past few years. South Sheffield has been in it since I was freelancing nearly 4 years ago.

Dan' s right tho in terms of priorities.

There is a small but a significant number of our listenership which is interested in how Derby and the Sheffield two get on. I.e owls n blades fans in Chesterfield and Derby fans in Bakewell n Matlock.

hopefully you all know from listening to us where our priorities lie.

and we don't play a lot of lighthouse family these days. It's Ella Henderson 5 times an hour

Mr Mercury will only be happy when you start playing Queen 24-7! LOL!

Personally myself would be quite happy with Calvin Harris, David Guetta and AC/DC looped!!

[azul]

Darcy Sarto, on 30 September 2014 - 09:15 PM, said:

Exactly BBC Radio DerbySHIRE should be our rightful BBC station rather than listening to the whiney nonsense from deedahland. Which fails to give Chesterfield it's full attention.

This post has been edited by azul: 30 September 2014 - 09:47 PM

[azul]

Darcy Sarto, on 30 September 2014 - 09:15 PM, said:

Exactly BBC Radio DerbySHIRE should be our rightful BBC station rather than listening to the whiney nonsense from deedahland. Which fails to give Chesterfield it's full attention.

This post has been edited by azul: 30 September 2014 - 09:49 PM

[Paul Fisher]

You are of course correct.

[Mr Mercury]

Johnnyspireite7, on 30 September 2014 - 09:33 PM, said:

Mr Mercury will only be happy when you start playing Queen 24-7! LOL!

Personally myself would be quite happy with Calvin Harris, David Guetta and AC/DC looped!!

Got my tickets on priority sale for Queen and Adam Lambert at Nottingham area in jan so a happy bunny!

Westbars Spireite, on 30 September 2014 - 08:59 PM, said:

Not really.

Worksop, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Grimsby etc etc all have to put up with the same. Believe it or not BBC TV's 'Yorkshire' area touches parts of North Norfolk. Work that out.

Alan Partridge has nowt to worry about!

[NOFX]

yes but if they say South Sheffield they can say to advertisers, "Ooh look how many potential listeners we have," No-one in Sheffield listens to it, they have their own formulaic crud on Hallam.

[azul]

strangler, on 30 September 2014 - 10:42 PM, said:

yes but if they say South Sheffield they can say to advertisers, "Ooh look how many potential listeners we have," No-one in Sheffield listens to it, they have their own formulaic crud on Hallam.

Do they cover CFC as well?

[Beelzebub]

azul, on 30 September 2014 - 08:38 PM, said:

Chesterfield is a geographical anomaly, that is why we have to put up with Yarkshire this Yarkshire that on the Beeb/ITV

No it's not. We have never been associated with the dee dahs, we've always been Midlands and they are North, goes back over a thousand years when we were in different countries, us in Mercia, them in Northumbria- the boundary was at Dore!

historically and culturally we have nothing to do with Yorkshire, long may it continue to be so and may whoever thought up the abhorrent and nonsensical concept of the 'sheffield City region' rot in hell. I have fond memories of the successful 1970s fight against Yorkshire imperialism by Barlborough et al

The TV transmitters at Unstone want to be changed to transmit the east midland broadcasts from Nottingham rather than the dire stuff from leeds, and as a previous poster has said, we want to drop out of the radio sheffield area and into a Derbyshire based station, whether that is a rejigged radio Derbyshire or a new one just for us (Radio Scarsdale, after the hundred, perhaps?)

[moondog]

strangler, on 30 September 2014 - 10:42 PM, said:

yes but if they say South Sheffield they can say to advertisers, "Ooh look how many potential listeners we have," No-one in Sheffield listens to it, they have their own formulaic crud on Hallam.

Nail on head, you can pick up Peak in South Sheffield so in an attempt to retain that extra listenership they will offer them something as a "commercial" radio station, however they only appear to give minimal coverage and with the primary focus being clearly on us it could be argued they help encourage a switch of allegiance over to us

[Westbars Spireite]

Beelzebub, on 01 October 2014 - 05:47 AM, said:

No it's not. We have never been associated with the dee dahs, we've always been Midlands and they are North, goes back over a thousand years when we were in different countries, us in Mercia, them in Northumbria- the boundary was at Dore!

historically and culturally we have nothing to do with Yorkshire, long may it continue to be so and may whoever thought up the abhorrent and nonsensical concept of the 'sheffield City region' rot in hell. I have fond memories of the successful 1970s fight against Yorkshire imperialism by Barlborough et al

The TV transmitters at Unstone want to be changed to transmit the east midland broadcasts from Nottingham rather than the dire stuff from leeds, and as a previous poster has said, we want to drop out of the radio sheffield area and into a Derbyshire based station, whether that is a rejigged radio Derbyshire or a new one just for us (Radio Scarsdale, after the hundred, perhaps?)

Like your plans. Happy to get behind any campaign! You can add changing the postcodes too for me.